eve/alert: fix validation check

Bug: #6875. (cherry picked from commit 0be3ba8)
OISF · Sep 11, 2024 · 6280cee · 6280cee
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commit 6280cee
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/output-json-alert.c b/src/output-json-alert.c
@@ -881,8 +881,8 @@ static int AlertJson(ThreadVars *tv, JsonAlertLogThread *aft, const Packet *p)
             int stream = (p->proto == IPPROTO_TCP) ?
                          (pa->flags & (PACKET_ALERT_FLAG_STATE_MATCH | PACKET_ALERT_FLAG_STREAM_MATCH) ?
                          1 : 0) : 0;
-            DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(
-                    p->flow == NULL); // should be impossible, but scan-build got confused
+            // should be impossible, as stream implies flow
+            DEBUG_VALIDATE_BUG_ON(stream && p->flow == NULL);
 
             /* Is this a stream?  If so, pack part of it into the payload field */
             if (stream && p->flow != NULL) {